Science Awakening IIWhoever wants to understand the genesis of modern Science has to follow three lines of development, all starting in antiquity, which were brought together in the work of ISAAC NEWTON, namely 1. Ancient Mathematics => DESCARTES 2. Ancient Astronomy => COPERNICUS : ~~~~ I=> NEWTON 3. Ancient Mechanics => GALILEO => HUYGENS In Science Awakening I (Dutch edition 1950, first Eng1ish edition 1954, second 1961, first German edition 1956, second 1965) I have followed the first 1ine, giving an outline of the development of Mathematics in Egypt, Babylonia, and Greece. Volume II, dealing with Egyptian and Baby1onian Astronomy first appeared in German under the title 'Die Anfänge der Astronomie' (Noordhoff, Groningen 1965 and Birkhäu ser, Basel 1968). The volume was written in collaboration with PETER HUBER (Swiss Federal School of Technology, Zürich). HUBER has written considerable parts of Chap ters 3 and 4, in particular all transcriptions of cuneiform texts in these chapters. I also had much help from ERNST WEIDNER (Graz), MARTIN VERMASEREN (Amsterdam), JOSEF JANSEN (Leiden) and MANU LEUMANN (Zürich). |
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1 The divinity of the stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ASTRONOMICAL INTRODUCTION . ... 5 The phases of the fixed stars and planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The planets.
1 The divinity of the stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ASTRONOMICAL INTRODUCTION . ... 5 The phases of the fixed stars and planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The planets.
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Because the stars were considered to be mighty gods, it was supposed that they had a decisive influence on our fate. Thus there are two kinds of ... In this sense, it is the sun and fixed stars that move, while the Earth is at rest.
Because the stars were considered to be mighty gods, it was supposed that they had a decisive influence on our fate. Thus there are two kinds of ... In this sense, it is the sun and fixed stars that move, while the Earth is at rest.
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The fixed stars are considered, as they were by the Greeks, to be located on a spherical surface called the stellar sphere. The sun, moon and planets are projected, from our eye, onto this sphere. For an observer looking southwards, ...
The fixed stars are considered, as they were by the Greeks, to be located on a spherical surface called the stellar sphere. The sun, moon and planets are projected, from our eye, onto this sphere. For an observer looking southwards, ...
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For example, the star Spica (x Virginis) was taken to be at 28° or 29° of Virgo. ... Here I should remark only that the vernal point is not fixed relative to the fixed stars, but moves slowly back along the ecliptic, i.e. to the right.
For example, the star Spica (x Virginis) was taken to be at 28° or 29° of Virgo. ... Here I should remark only that the vernal point is not fixed relative to the fixed stars, but moves slowly back along the ecliptic, i.e. to the right.
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The phases of the fixed stars and planets A star like Sirius, which is not visible the whole year, appears for the first time in the morning sky on a certain day. This appearance is called the morning rising. Thereafter the star appears ...
The phases of the fixed stars and planets A star like Sirius, which is not visible the whole year, appears for the first time in the morning sky on a certain day. This appearance is called the morning rising. Thereafter the star appears ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 8 | |
OldBabylonian astronomy 4659 | 46 |
The Assyrian period 6092 | 60 |
SUMMARY | 91 |
CALCULATION OF PERIODS | 102 |
PREDICTION OF ECLIPSES | 116 |
THE ZODIAC | 122 |
IMMORTALITY AND TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS | 142 |
THE CULT OF MITHRAS AND SOLAR THEOLOGY | 150 |
ZERVANISM AND ASTRAL FATALISM | 161 |
STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COSMIC RELIGION AND ASTROLOGY | 172 |
Theory of the moon 205249 | 205 |
Babylonian planetary theory 250283 | 250 |
The spread of Babylonian astronomy 284324 | 284 |
EGYPTIAN PLANETARY TABLES | 308 |
Cosmic religion astrology and astronomy 127204 | 127 |
THE RELIGION OF ZARATHUSTRA | 133 |
ABBREVIATIONS 327 | 326 |
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according Ahura Mazda Amurru APIN Assyrian astrolabe astrology astronomical Avesta Babylon Babylonian astronomy BEROSSOS béru calculated calendar called century B.C. Chaldaeans Chapter column constellations contains cuneiform cuneiform texts daily motion DARIUS decans degrees divine doctrine Egypt Egyptian Enlil equinoxes EUDOXOs fixed stars fragment Full Moon GEMINOS gods Greek heaven Hence HERODOTOs horoscope astrology horoscopes inscription Jupiter kings KUGLER later linear zigzag function longitude lunar eclipses Magi Marduk Mars means Mercury methods middle middle Persian Mithras months morning rising names NEUGEBAUER night node observations Orphic path Persian phenomena Pisces planetary planets Plate PLATON position predictions procedure text Pythagoreans reign religion retrograde retrograde motion rising of Sirius SACHS Saros Saturn Seleucid sidereal solar eclipse solstice soul Stationary Point Sternkunde synodic months synodic periods theory Tishtrya tithis TRAIANUS Uruk VARAHA MIHIRA velocity Venus visible ZARATHUSTRA Zervanism Zeus zodiacal signs Zoroastrian
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| Title | Science Awakening II |
| Author | H. van der Waerden |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media, 2013 |
| ISBN | 9401729522, 9789401729529 |
| Length | 347 pages |
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